Are police specifically targeting female legislators of color?

[Filliam H. Muffman]

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Law enforcement officers keep arresting Black women elected officials
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"...we can come for the very people that you put in offices to speak for you and to be your voice."

[sekker]

Yes, this has been true for the last 150 years or more. Why stop in 2021?

[cbelt3]

Any legislator of color (male or female) is targeted. The institutional racism in American law enforcement is endemic and very, very, strong.

I offer the example of Cleveland, Ohio. Where the mayor, many members of the city council, and the chief of police are all people of color. And the police have continued problems with institutional racism resulting in abuse and deaths on a regular basis.

Much like when Obama's presidency didn't instantly 'fix racism', political and organizational control won't fix racism either. Racism has to be cured from below, not from above. The cultural imperatives that come from generation to generation need to get broken down. And that is DAMN hard.

How many idiots are flying Confederate flags 156 years AFTER the end of the Confederacy ? That is almost 8 generations keeping that hatred alive. It's been 76 years, or almost 4 generates since the Nazis surrendered. And we keep seeing Nazis.

People who hate are terrible people. I dislike them intensely. I want them to learn that love is a better emotion.

[sekker]

When cities stopped having police live in the metropolitan areas they are responsible for, they became an occupational force and not a civilian support organization.

[Lux Interior]

cbelt3 wrote:
How many idiots are flying Confederate flags 156 years AFTER the end of the Confederacy ? That is almost 8 generations keeping that hatred alive.

IT'S HERITAGE NOT HATE!!!

Well, okay, it's a heritage of hate, but now you're nitpicking.

[cbelt3]

sekker wrote:
When cities stopped having police live in the metropolitan areas they are responsible for, they became an occupational force and not a civilian support organization.

I would be interested in studies about that. Neighborhood personal relationships are important, but institutional racism is so deep that living there won't help, IMHO. And there are always 'enclaves' even in the least diverse minority neighborhoods.

[RAMd®d]

Johnny says word on the street is police all over the US are being issued a pack of 52 playing cards showing the faces of 52 Black female legislators as HVTs, so they can be picked out of crowds of protestors.

[Lemon Drop]

cbelt3 wrote:
[quote=sekker]
When cities stopped having police live in the metropolitan areas they are responsible for, they became an occupational force and not a civilian support organization.

I would be interested in studies about that. Neighborhood personal relationships are important, but institutional racism is so deep that living there won't help, IMHO. And there are always 'enclaves' even in the least diverse minority neighborhoods.
It's about understanding, caring about and being part of the community. Not some drop in mercenary force.

Many towns probably could not hire enough people if this were a rule. But something is wrong when 100% of the cops live elsewhere.

Lots has been written and studied on this since Ferguson.

[sekker]

Lemon Drop wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
[quote=sekker]
When cities stopped having police live in the metropolitan areas they are responsible for, they became an occupational force and not a civilian support organization.

I would be interested in studies about that. Neighborhood personal relationships are important, but institutional racism is so deep that living there won't help, IMHO. And there are always 'enclaves' even in the least diverse minority neighborhoods.
It's about understanding, caring about and being part of the community. Not some drop in mercenary force.

Many towns probably could not hire enough people if this were a rule. But something is wrong when 100% of the cops live elsewhere.

Lots has been written and studied on this since Ferguson.
Yes, my comment is not the only issue. But I lived in Baltimore in the end of the last century, and there was a tangible difference in how the police operated - and the community handled - the officers that lived in Baltimore and those that came from outside the city. The police that walked the streets and knew the neighborhood were tangibly different than those that floated through in their cars.

[rjmacs]

sekker wrote:
[quote=Lemon Drop]
[quote=cbelt3]
[quote=sekker]
When cities stopped having police live in the metropolitan areas they are responsible for, they became an occupational force and not a civilian support organization.

I would be interested in studies about that. Neighborhood personal relationships are important, but institutional racism is so deep that living there won't help, IMHO. And there are always 'enclaves' even in the least diverse minority neighborhoods.
It's about understanding, caring about and being part of the community. Not some drop in mercenary force.

Many towns probably could not hire enough people if this were a rule. But something is wrong when 100% of the cops live elsewhere.

Lots has been written and studied on this since Ferguson.
Yes, my comment is not the only issue. But I lived in Baltimore in the end of the last century, and there was a tangible difference in how the police operated - and the community handled - the officers that lived in Baltimore and those that came from outside the city. The police that walked the streets and knew the neighborhood were tangibly different than those that floated through in their cars.
This year, for the first time since the Civil War, Baltimore's city government may resume control over its own police department. It's way past time.